Working in conjunction with local ethnic pro-democracy groups, FBR trains, supplies, and later coordinates with what become highly mobile multipurpose relief teams.The attacks, described by Human Rights Watch as “sickening”, were reportedly often carried out in groups, with women being held down or threatened at gunpoint by some men while others raped them.Many survivors reported being insulted and threatened on an ethnic or religious basis during the assaults.However, the Burmese military still retains significant political power, and they have yet to resolve many of the ongoing internal conflicts.With the world focused on the change in government, human rights abuses including rapes, murder, indiscriminate airstrikes, and kidnapping still continue to be reported in areas being attacked and occupied by the Burma Army.